My son turns 19 today
          Gratitude
              Hope...

                  Q!

No one important
   Lonely blue
     Miss you

Crossing the Baltic
Young sons sung
    Exoplanets!

hopes and fears
      dailiness
         sleep

I'll die and be forgotten
Fade like the twilight sky
But before I go, Seattle snow
Something truly Thai

               Aye! Aye! Aye!

The fool hath said, There is no God
The fool is very wise
I have been a fool for you
Cut you down to size

Hey ** the wind and the rain
Cordelia noble true
Hey ** Toledo, Spain
Maybe GMU

                   Sophia blue

Thai food for dinner
It's hot. We need a/c.
In Reno big blue sky
In Dublin meant to be

                     We.

Misty rain Seattle
Mango and sticky rice
South Side of Chicago
Oooo dat girl looked nice!

Aging fading aging
Life is suffering
Tired. Exoplanets!
Frodo takes the Ring

                 We sing.

There is no life after death
Is there life before?
Seattle misty rain
Inner Harbor, Baltimore

           foreign shore

Saw my two oldest tonight
              Forward!
                 hope

......Taiwan......
Xie Xie, Taipei
       Kaiyo!

my desperation
     isolation
   trepidation

           Ole!

No one important
Home alone tonight
Grateful for movies
Just a little light

Grateful for my dad
Keep him, keep him strong
Steve Martin movie
Bruce Springsteen song

                     All along ...

Camus at JMU
  19 years old
      Absurd!

The hope that someone might care
             about my obsessions
                         futility!

I've been often lost
Just drifting through
Reno in the winter
Carolina blue

4 years of philosophy
Sweetly JMU
Tired. Exoplanets!
Do wah diddy do

I am a troubled soul
Tired all the time
Type 2 diabetes
If you see her tell her I'm ...

              still in love!

I did like the traveling
Saw the Asian trains
Shema Israel
Let fall the Purple Rain

I like being a dad
Please, Life, protect my sons
Taxi home at night
Taipei 101

                 Ole!

She is unique
Gently speak
Ms. Susan Meek

Tormented by the past
     A gazillion fears
               hope!

Space Coast
Space Needle
  Exoplanets!

Taxi service
Day by day
      Slow.

I'll die and be forgotten
Please remember me, my sons!
Poems in the Night
Un pequito fun

Seattle misty rain
California sun
Temples at Angkor Wat
Taipei 101

                 Day is Done

I am a taxi service
That's alright with me
Keep him moving forward
Forward - xie xie ni

              silent plea

One for you, Q.
      Patience.
         Hope!

Soul sorrow
In my solitude
         Sigh

Portland's Japanese garden
              Sunny day
                 Arigato

I traveled around a bit
Europe, Asia, Israel
Time tick tocks
I grow old

Fun for my sons
A home
Love
Go bold.

So many poets are mentally ill
Emotion overflows
Individual consciousness - adios
But our soul or spirit grows

In gratitude for my father
In gratitude for my sons
Quiet. Quiet. Quietly.
Surely She's the One!

The years keep rolling by
I age, turn the page
My boys are growing up
Keep them right on track

Nixon
Destroyed Cambodia
George W.
Destroyed Iraq

I liked the teaching
But I was kinda boring
Still
Tried to do my best

Fantasies
Susan Meek
Carolina Inn
Her hair upon my chest

                  Undressed.

Thai food today
My son, he does drive
Highway to Hell
Feeling 55

Grateful for small victories
Suffering, but still alive
Keep him moving ahead
Quietly to thrive

                      Amen.

Desperately Seeking Susan
Desperately alone
56 and falling
I threw a Rolling Stone

In my solitude
And the Great Unknown
Quiet desperation
E.T. phone Rome

Frederick, Maryland
Ordinary days
Eating, driving, sleeping
Get me through the Maze

Dinner with my sons
Korean barbecue
One more year to go
Maybe GMU


           get him through...

Solamente yo
      Falling
          So ...

Troubled soul
       Falling
           Yo

Just an amateur poet
Little poems in the night
One for Mexico City
Sor Juana's mystic flight

I have been to Santa Fe
Colorado too
The California Coast
Rothko green and blue

                Seattle U.

The continuity of life
The inevitability of death
Sitting, just sitting
Quietly my breath

Korean grocery store
BBQ and tea
Afternoon nap
Living quietly

                          Si

I feel death bearing down
The transience of my life
Aging, slowly aging
The pain that living brings

My sons play video games
Keep them moving forward
My darling, darling boys
Seattle surely sings

                      Viva!

Talk with all 3 sons
Gracias si xie xie
My sons, My sons
Callooh! Callay!

Live to talk another day.

Nothing satisfies
Not food or drink or ***
I wonder what she thinks of me now
My long lost ex

Sleep, grateful sleep
Speeding bullet train
European history
Purple Rain! Purple Rain!

I find living difficult
Am I near the end?
Slept most of the day
Politics portends

Call my youngest son
I love him, yes I do
Kamakura Buddha
Train to Sophia U.

               3772

I miss Seattle, I do
I like those ferry boats
A little misty rain
Singing at Kells at night

Life is suffering
Help me suffer through
Ferry boat blue
Gatsby's green light

                 Seattle U.